Japanese Movie Critics Awards

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The Japanese Movie Critics Awards (日本映画批評家大賞, Nihon Eiga Hihyōka Taishō) are presented annually since 1991.

As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics.

Award winners[]

1990s[]

1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards)

• Best Picture: My Sons (Director: Yoji Yamada)
• Best Director: Naoto Takenaka
• Best Actor: Rentarō Mikuni
• Best Actress: Yuki Kudō
• Best Newcomer: Shinsuke Shimada
• Special Award:  [ja] (滝沢 一)
• Platinum Award: Keisuke Kinoshita

1992

• Best Picture:
• Best Director: Kaneto Shindo
• Best Actor:
• Best Actress: Yoshiko Mita

1993

• Best Picture:
• Best Director: Kōichi Saitō
• Best Actor: Ken Tanaka
• Best Actress: Kyōko Kagawa, Emi Wakui,

1994

• Best Picture: A Dedicated Life
• Best Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ryūichi Hiroki
• Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
• Best Actress: Tomoko Yamaguchi

1995

• Best Picture: A Last Note
• Best Director:
• Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
• Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi

1996

• Best Picture: Village of Dreams
• Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
• Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho
• Best Actress: Mieko Harada
• Best Newcomer: Masanobu Andō

1997

• Best Picture: Moonlight Serenade
• Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda
• Best Actor: Akira Emoto
• Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki

1998

• Best Picture:
• Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
• Best Actor: Ken Watanabe
• Best Actress: Takako Matsu

1999

• Best Picture: Coquille
• Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima
• Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura
• Best Actress: Jun Fubuki, Kyōka Suzuki

2000s[]

2000

• Best Picture:
• Best Director: Ryūichi Hiroki, Kazuo Kuroki
• Best Actor: Yoshio Harada
• Best Actress: Hitomi Kuroki

2001

• Best Picture:
• Best Director: Isao Yukisada
• Best Actor: Yōsuke Kubozuka
• Best Actress: Yui Natsukawa
• Best Supporting Actor: Tarō Yamamoto
• Best Supporting Actress: Mitsuko Baisho,

2002

• Best Picture: KT
• Best Director: Yoichi Sai
• Best Actor: Kōichi Satō, Masaya Kato
• Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa
• Best Supporting Actor: Ryo Ishibashi
• Best Supporting Actress: Kyōko Kagawa

2003

• Best Picture: Lord of the Warabi
• Best Director:
• Best Actor: Masahiko Tsugawa
• Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima, Yūko Takeuchi
• Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe, Teruyuki Kagawa
• Best Supporting Actress:

2004

• Best Picture: Swing Girls
• Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
• Best Actor: Ken Matsudaira
• Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi
• Best Supporting Actor: Masaya Takahashi
• Best Supporting Actress: Anna Tsuchiya
• Rookie of the Year: Kamiki Ryunosuke

2005

• Best Picture:
• Best Director:
• Best Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI, Ichikawa Somegorō VII
• Best Actress: Yūko Tanaka
• Best Supporting Actor: Takashi Sasano, Sansei Shiomi
• Best Supporting Actress: Haruka Igawa

2006

• Best Picture: The Professor's Beloved Equation
• Best Director: Eiji Okuda
• Best Actor: Kenji Sawada
• Best Actress: Eri Fukatsu
• Best Supporting Actor: Tsuyoshi Ihara
• Best Supporting Actress: Kirin Kiki, Hula Girls

2007

• Best Picture: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
• Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
• Best Actor: Shun Oguri
• Best Actress: Yūko Takeuchi
• Best Supporting Actor:
• Best Supporting Actress: Hiromi Nagasaku, Keiko Takahashi

2008

• Best Picture: United Red Army
• Best Director: Yōjirō Takita
• Best Actor: Noriyuki Higashiyama
• Best Actress: Eiko Koike
• Best Supporting Actor: Ittoku Kishibe
• Best Supporting Actress: Maki Sakai

2009

• Best Picture:
• Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
• Best Actor: Akira Terao
• Best Actress: Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Best Supporting Actor: Renji Ishibashi
• Best Supporting Actress: Kaoru Yachigusa

2010s[]

2010

• Best Picture: Haru's Journey
• Best Director: Yōichi Higashi
• Best Actor: , Masatoshi Nagase
• Best Actress: Yuki Uchida, Hiromi Nagasaku
• Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yūsuke Iseya
• Best Supporting Actress: Keiko Matsuzaka

2011

• Best Picture: Someday
• Best Director: Izuru Narushima
• Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura
• Best Actress: Shinobu Otake
• Best Supporting Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI
• Best Supporting Actress: Nobuko Miyamoto

2012

• Best Picture: Key of Life
• Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
• Best Animation Feature Film: Wolf Children
• Best Animation Director: Hideaki Anno
• Best Actor: Tori Matsuzaka
• Best Actress: Sakura Ando
• Best Supporting Actor: Takao Osawa
• Best Supporting Actress: Chieko Matsubara

2013

• Best Picture: The Great Passage
• Best Director: Keisuke Yoshida
• Best Animation Feature Film: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• Best Animation Director: Isao Takahata
• Best Actor: Ryuhei Matsuda
• Best Actress: Kumiko Asō
• Best Supporting Actor: Lily Franky
• Best Supporting Actress: Ran Ito

2014

• Best Picture: 0.5 mm
• Best Director: Mipo O
• Best Animation Feature Film: Expelled from Paradise
• Best Animation Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• Best Actor: Gō Ayano
• Best Actress: Sakura Ando
• Best Supporting Actor: Masaki Suda
• Best Supporting Actress: Chizuru Ikewaki

2015

• Best Picture: Solomon's Perjury
• Best Director:
• Best Animation Feature Film: The Boy and the Beast
• Best Animation Director:
• Best Actor: Tadanobu Asano
• Best Actress: Mikako Tabe
• Best Supporting Actor: Atsushi Itō
• Best Supporting Actress: Hikari Mitsushima

2016

• Best Picture: Her Love Boils Bathwater
• Best Director: Ryōta Nakano
• Best Animation Feature Film: A Silent Voice
• Best Animation Director: Makoto Shinkai
• Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi
• Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa
• Best Supporting Actor: Masahiro Higashide
• Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki

2017

• Best Picture: The Third Murder
• Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
• Best Animation Feature Film: Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
• Best Animation Director:
• Best Actor: Takuya Kimura
• Best Actress: Hikari Mitsushima
• Best Supporting Actor: Sansei Shiomi
• Best Supporting Actress: Tae Kimura

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official website (old) (in Japanese)
• 19th Japan Movie Critics Awards ceremony (video digest) (in Japanese)